Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Muraltia serrata Levyns
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
POLYGALACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2006/08/02
Assessor(s)
F. Daniels & R.C. Turner
Justification
Known only from the type, collected in the 1950s. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Kleinberg and Hex River Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Montane fynbos on sandstone slopes.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Muraltia serrata LevynsData Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Muraltia serrata LevynsInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Muraltia serrata LevynsUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Levyns, M.R. 1954. The genus Muraltia. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 2:1-247.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Daniels, F. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Muraltia serrata Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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